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As thousands of union activists are using the Congressional recess to talk to lawmakers about the Employee Free Choice Act, a new TV ad hit national airwaves Thursday exposing the true motive – greed -- of those spending millions to try to defeat the bill.

Brenda Scott, president of CWA Local 3570, is running for mayor of Jackson, Miss., a city and state where she has successfully organized more than 3,000 members against some of the toughest odds in the country.

Sixty IUE-CWA members were among several hundred union activists and supporters in Lynn, Mass., who protested Bank of America's numerous home foreclosures and its anti-union campaign, all while taking taxpayers' bailout money.

In the days since their contracts expired last weekend, CWA members at AT&T have stepped up a busy schedule of rallies and actions. From leafleting outside the NCAA basketball finals and opening day of Major League Baseball games to demonstrations outside AT&T offices and even more standups and taps inside AT&T operations, CWA members sent management a clear message: we want a fair contract.

Organizations representing 16 million working people -- affiliates of the AFL-CIO and Change to Win and the National Education Association -- have come together to create a new National Labor Coordinating Committee to act nationally on critical issues facing working families.